Card-holder.



T. FJBRADY.

CARD HOLDER.

N FILED MAY I9. 1914- Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

INVENTOR COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co..w HlNa'rON D c 2 W K W? h UNITED STATESPATENT QFFTCE.

THOMAS FRANCIS BRADY, orxansns CITY, 'MIssounI.

- CARD-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 19, 1914. "serial No. 839,613.

cars for holding shipping and other cards, and adapted to enable a cardto bereadily placed in and removed from it, and capable of securelyretaining the card in place to prevent accidental loss. 1

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of,the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is an elevation of a railway card holder,constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig.2 is a verticalsectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view on theline 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line Hof Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a reverse plan view of the card holder, the backbeing omitted.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention, the card holder comprises an approximatelyU-shaped frame 1, designed to be constructed of any suitablematerial andmounted upon a back 2 and composed of spaced sides and a connecting endportion, the frame being closed at one end'bythe'said end portion andopen at the otherend for theintroduction and removal of a card 3. Theback 2 to which the frame is secured by screws 1 or other suitablefastening devices may consist of a block of wood or any other suitablematerial, which is designed tobe 'Sllltil-bly, fastened to the side of afreight or other car,.but the frame maybe secured directly to the car,the back 2 being omitted if desired. The sides of the frame areparalleland the ends are preferably straight, as

shown, and the frame is provided at the end edges of its. end and. sideswith inwardly projecting flanges 5 and 6' forming grooves for thereception of the adjacent side edges ofthe car 3 and providing ways atopposite sides of the frame to enable the card to slide into and out ofthe same through the open end thereof. I

H The sides of the frameare providedadjacent to the open end of the saidframe with opposite bearings 7 and'8 for the reception of terminal pivotportions 9 and 10 of an eccentric 11, and the said sides of the frameare preferably enlarged at the bearings 7 and 8. The bearing 7 consistsof a transverse opening, and the other bearing 8 is formed by a recessopening at the inner face of the side of the frame, as clearly shown inFigs, 3 and 5 of the drawing. This construction permits the eccentric tobe readily placed in and removed from the bearings when the frame 1 isdetached. The eccentric, which extends across the frame adjacent to theopen end thereof, is rounded, the pivot portions 9 and 10 beingeccentrically arranged with relation to the round body portion of theeccentric, and the said pivot portion 10 is provided with an operatingarm 12, located beyond the adjacent side of the frame and adapted to beoscillated to partially rotate the eccentric for opening and closing thelongitudinal grooves or ways of the frame. When the operating arm 12 isswung against the back 2, the eccentric is caused to project across thelongitudinal grooves or ways 5, and it will either confine a cardtherein, or if the card should be of a length to extend beneath theeccentric, it will be securely clamped against the back 2. The eccentricis also adapted to be rotated to carry it beyond the groovesor ways 5 toopen the same.

The frame may consist of a casting or may be pressed out of malleablemetal, and when constructed in this manner, the back, the flange, andthe bearings for the eccentrio will be formed by a suitable die. Thiswill reduce the cost of the construction and enable the device to becheaply manufactured.

' I Patented Aug.3, I915- f rod being journaled WVhat is claimed is Ia 1. A card holder comprising a framehaving spaced sides provided withlongitudinal ways, said frame being open at oneend to permit a card tobe introduced into the ways and the other end of the frame being, closedand constituting a stop for the card, and an eccentric rod arrangedbetween and extending across the space between the sides of the frameatthe open end thereof, said eccentric in the sides of the said frameand rotatable'to carry it into and out of the plane of the ways toconfine or clamp a card therein and to release the same, and a handleprovided on the rod for operating the same.

2. A card holder of the class describedineluding a substantiallyU-shaped frame open at one end and provided at opposite sides withlongitudinal ways, the sides open end of the same to form bearings, one

Copies or this patent may be obtained for of the frame being alsoenlarged adjacent to the of the bearings comprising a recess opening thesaid eccentric being rotatable to project 'it' into the plane of thegrooves'or ways and to carry it therefrom, and a handle connected withthe pivot portion which is arranged in the open recess.

' In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaflix'ed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

, THOMAS FRANCIS. BRADY.

Witnesses:

D. W. Ross, T. M. WEST.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, J L

Washington, D. G.

